24922. Adulteration of huckleberlres.     XJ.   S, v.  27 Baskets  of  Huckleberries.
Decree of condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. no. 36399.    Sample no. 
37474-B.)
This case involved a shipment of huckleberries which contained maggots.
On August 26, 1935, the United States attorney for the Western District 
of Pennsylvania, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 27 baskets 
of huckleberries at Pittsburgh, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce on or about August 23, 1935, by C. F. Dinges, from 
Stanley, Va., and charging adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs 
Act
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or in 
part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid vegetable substance.
On August 28, 1935, the consignee having requested the immediate destruc- 
tion of the product, judgment was entered ordering that it be destroyed.
W. R GREGG, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.